Today’s Trucking Jan/Feb 2021

The last year was a tough one. But Today’s Trucking editor James Menzies says there’s a reason for optimism in 2021. You can also be optimistic that our January/February edition has…

Today’s Trucking November/December 2020

  Knowledge is power. So is electricity. It’s why the November/December digital edition of Today’s Trucking is online and includes Editor James Menzies’ insights to help shops prepare for electric trucks.

Armour service manager sees success in training and attitudes

“I have looked at trucks with big eyes since I was three or five years old,” said Dean Arseneault as he recalled growing up in the logging village of Rogersville,…

Today’s Trucking September/October 2020

The leaves are beginning to turn, and it’s time to turn the pages on the September/October edition of Today’s Trucking. In this edition, editorial director John G. Smith explores steps…

Today’s Trucking July/August 2020

It’s summertime, and the trucking is hardly easy. But information in the latest digital edition of Today’s Trucking can offer some help. Our July/August edition opens with an analysis of…

Paramjit Singh is squarely focused on safety

Talk about changing career goals! It seems Paramjit Singh has mastered the art. He originally wanted to pursue engineering, then medicine, then dentistry before finally settling on agricultural studies.

Today’s Trucking May/June 2020

There is no bigger story affecting the trucking industry than Covid-19, and Today’s Trucking has responded with a special edition focusing on the pandemic. Inside, you’ll find stories from the…

Today’s Trucking April 2020

The digital edition of Today’s Trucking is now online, and it explores issues such the minimum training time required before someone can earn a licence. Editor James Menzies wraps up…

Canada short 25,000 truck drivers by 2023: report

TORONTO, Ont. – Canada is expected to be short 25,000 truck drivers as early as 2023, representing a 25% increase over the unfilled vacancies in 2019, Trucking HR…

Canada’s truck drivers to require 103.5 hours of training

TORONTO, Ont. – Canada’s future truck drivers will need to complete at least 103.5 hours of training to earn a Class 1/A licence — along with another 8.5…

Ontario enforcement officers ‘stand down’ after safety complaint

TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario highways were left unprotected by Ministry of Transportation enforcement officers for much of yesterday, when officers were ordered to “stand down” while the Ministry…

President’s Choice: Loblaw prepares for a future with electric vehicles

TORONTO, Ont. — Canada’s largest grocer is shopping for something that doesn’t exist. Not yet. But that has hardly slowed Loblaw in a bid to electrify its private fleet within…

Truck drivers have rights after fleet bankruptcies

TORONTO, Ont. — Adam Lowry, a company driver with Celedon Canada (Hyndman) first learned about the company’s pending collapse on a news website. There had been lots of chatter…

4 questions to ask before buying a used truck

This is not your typical highway tractor. Outwardly, a heavy-spec’ truck may not look much different, but it’s a different beast down beneath the cab. TORONTO, Ont. — You…

Today’s Trucking March 2020

The sun is rising on a new month, and the March edition of Today’s Trucking is shining the light on Loblaw’s test of a solar-powered reefer. Editor James Menzies also highlights safety concerns raised by a number of Ontario enforcement officers, while editorial director John G. Smith introduces the new medium-duty Mack. Equipment editor Jim Park lists four things to ask when ‘spec’ing’ a new truck, too. All this plus a look at future Driver Inc. crackdowns, Traton’s move to buy Navistar, the $85,000 fine for a shop death, and more. Simply click to read.